Ivan Toney’s opponent appears to try to kiss him in bizarre confrontation during match

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Does Jamal Harkass realise Valentine’s Day has come and gone for another year?Well, based on a rather strange interaction with Al Ahli superstar Ivan Toney, it appears Harkass doesn’t seem to be aware.Toney saw the funny side of Harkass’ frustrationsAhli CentralThe bizarre incident occurred late on in Al Ahli’s 1-0 win over Damac in the Saudi Pro League on Monday.Damac thought they’d bagged a last-minute equaliser courtesy of striker Yakou Meite.The 30-year-old, who had represented Reading and Cardiff City in the Championship prior to joining Damac last August, got his head on to a free-kick.But Meite was brought crashing back to earth when a VAR review ruled his goal out for offside.Why did Harkass try to kiss Toney?With emotions evidently running high following Meite’s disallowed goal, Toney decided he’d poke fun at his rivals over their misfortune but Harkass wasn’t having a bar of it.In a clip on social media, Toney is captured dipping his forehead in the direction of Harkass, only for the Moroccan to pucker up his lips and seemingly move his head forward to plant a kiss on Toney’s nose.Toney continued to yell in Harkass’ face before the two moved away.The English star later reacted to the odd moment on X, where he wrote along with a vomiting emoji: “I’ve never smelt a breath so bad.”What was the impact of Al Ahli’s win over Damac?Luckily for Toney, he didn’t go too early on the celebrations as Al Ahli held on for a 1-0 win, with Franck Kessie’s 37th-minute strike proving decisive.The win also lifted Al Ahli up to first place in the Saudi Pro League with 56 points, although they could drop to third should Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal win their respective matches.Harkass made sure to leave a lasting impression on ToneyAhli CentralView Tweet: https://t.co/hKHCpk43i2Speaking after the contest, Al Ahli boss Matthias Jaissle hailed his side’s ability to grind out a result despite being far from their lofty standards.“It was a tough match, and our performance wasn’t as good as required,” Jaissle said.“But in matches like these, the defensive line showed great responsibility, and we came away with a clean sheet.”How good has Toney been for Al Ahli this season?Although Toney drew a blank in the contest, he has still been in tremendous form this term.The 29-year-old has netted a sensational 23 times in 22 league fixtures, a haul which has him leading the Saudi Pro League’s golden boot race ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema.Despite his blistering spells in front of goal this season, Toney hasn’t had it all his own way.Toney has rarely put a foot wrong for Al-Ahli this seasonGettyIn Al Ahli’s 4-1 win over Al Najma on February 19, Toney missed a penalty in the first half.It was the first time since April 2023 Toney had not converted a penalty, having scored each of his next 24 attempts from the spot.But Toney more than made up for his miss as he bagged a second-half hat trick, which even comprised a successful spot-kick attempt.“Everyone can miss penalties, but it’s how you bounce back,” Toney said.“I bounced back and got the hat-trick. I wouldn’t sleep easily because of the missed penalty; I wouldn’t sleep for a while as I would be thinking about it.“But if someone told me to miss one penalty for a hat-trick, I’d take it.”